Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by IOWA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COUNCIL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $197,791
- Total expenses
- $83,395
- Contributions and grants received
- $136,841
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $28,625
- Investment income
- $32,325
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $406,085
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $406,085
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $27,617
- Management and general expenses
- $55,778
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $27,617
Program services were 33.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$136,841
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2a · Program service revenue: DUES
total $20,175 · related or exempt $20,175
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2b · Program service revenue: OTHER
total $5,940 · related or exempt $5,940
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2c · Program service revenue: SHIRTS AND BOOK SALES
total $1,335 · related or exempt $1,335
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2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS, EVENTS
total $1,175 · related or exempt $1,175
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3 · Investment income
total $32,325 · excluded $32,325
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $39,996 · management and general $39,996
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,250 · management and general $1,250
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $7,500 · management and general $7,500
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $3,011 · management and general $3,011
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11g · Fees: other
total $27,769 · program services $27,617 · management and general $152
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,259 · management and general $3,259
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM, EVENTS
total $610 · management and general $610
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $14,917 · end of year $24,338
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $271,390 · end of year $381,747
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $286,307 · end of year $406,085
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE COUNCIL IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY AS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN, ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN IOWA. THE COUNCIL PURSUES ITS MISSION THROUGH EDUCATION OF CITIZENS, JOURNALISTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, THROUGH ADVOCACY INITIATIVES IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE AND IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS.
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THE IOWA FOI COUNCIL IS A COALITION OF JOURNALISTS, LIBRARIANS, LAWYERS, EDUCATORS AND OTHER IOWANS DEVOTED TO OPEN GOVERNMENT.
Expenses $27,617 · Revenue $28,625
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Randy EvansRANDY EVANS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $39,996
- From this org
- $39,996
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Debbie AnselmDEBBIE ANSELM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave BusiekDAVE BUSIEK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam CarrosADAM CARROS
FIRST VICE P
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jason ClayworthJASON CLAYWORTH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom CullenTOM CULLEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave DreeszenDAVE DREESZEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael GartnerMICHAEL GARTNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William GerhardWILLIAM GERHARD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff HoegerJEFF HOEGER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol HunterCAROL HUNTER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Zack KucharskiZACK KUCHARSKI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael LelandMICHAEL LELAND
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom MartinTOM MARTIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Trevis MayfieldTREVIS MAYFIELD
SECOND VICE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scott McFetridgeSCOTT MCFETRIDGE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike MendenhallMIKE MENDENHALL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andrew MertensANDREW MERTENS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lyle MullerLYLE MULLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kyle OckerKYLE OCKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dylan ParkerDYLAN PARKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan Patterson PlankSUSAN PATTERSON PLANK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mari RadtkeMARI RADTKE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa ReynoldsLISA REYNOLDS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Allison SmithALLISON SMITH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Catherine StaubCATHERINE STAUB
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff WagnerJEFF WAGNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533219349314823
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